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The football team, like Britain itself, is burdened by the dead weight of impossible expectations.

A heat dome is responsible for miserably high temperatures, and it’s also helping to push smoke from wildfires to the east.

Representative Mike Lawler of New York said in a televised interview that he was arrested on St. Patrick’s Day in 2012, after learning that his father was gravely ill.

Federal judges had chosen the veteran Seattle prosecutor to fill the vacant seat. Now, a potential legal battle looms.

President Trump ordered U.S. warships and aircraft to stop vessels going to and from Iran. Enforcing a blockade takes a massive commitment of warships and aircraft.

Jay Clayton’s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community comes as the White House pushes to use declassified intelligence to show concerns about election security.

The measure failed, but the level of support among Democrats exposed a stark shift in the party away from backing the Jewish state.

The parasite has sickened thousands across the United States. Experts have tips on how to stay safe.

Days that are both extremely hot and polluted come with higher risks of respiratory ailments and other health hazards.

To win, they’ll have to convince Democrats at a July 25 convention that they’re the best candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.

Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.

We didn’t need an outbreak of a nightmare stomach bug. But here we are.

Roads became rivers on Wednesday as emergency officials in towns around San Antonio raced to rescue people who were stranded.

Federal investigators believe illegal drugs were inside the vehicle, though the immigration agents involved in the encounter do not appear to have known that.

Democrats questioned the acting attorney general, Todd Blanche, and a U.S. attorney about subpoenas issued to Times journalists who reported on security concerns with the president’s new plane.

In a sworn declaration, a lawyer says an Iranian official reported receiving regular dossiers on Iranian detainees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for months.

As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and escape Brooklyn. A tragedy in the neighborhood changed his mind.

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s decision to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits was a central issue in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.

A New Jersey couple helped scientists uncover the makeup of an unusual asteroid after it fell into their bedroom.